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India just ally in 1971 War, nothing more: Naya Bangladesh leaders on Modi post

Several leaders of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh on Monday reacted sharply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message on Vijay Diwas, saying that the victory of 1971 belonged to Bangladesh, and India was merely an ally in the struggle. PM Modi's message on Vijay Diwas also attracted harsh reaction from Hasnat Abdullah, an important coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination …

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1 month ago

Video: Bangladeshi politician's boycott India call, burns Jaipur-made bedsheet

India Today

A senior leader of Bangladesh’s main opposition party, the BNP, publicly burned an India-made bedsheet in a symbolic protest amid escalating tensions between the two neighbouring nations. Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the party’s senior joint secretary general, set the bedsheet, purportedly manufactured in Rajasthan's Jaipur, on fire during a ‘Boycott Indian Products’ programme in the city of Rajshahi on Tuesday. …

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Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party march in protest at attacks in India

Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of members of three youth and student bodies belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party marched toward the Indian High Commission in the country’s capital on Sunday to denounce attacks on a diplomatic mission and alleged desecration of Bangladeshi flags in India. It will be the first high-profile diplomatic visit by an Indian official since the fall …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Bangladesh: Is Yunus facilitating the rise of an Islamist Republic?

India Today

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, has begun a series of consultations with political parties over the next couple of days to finalise a future roadmap for the beleaguered nation. So, Yunus is doing what Bangladesh’s two military rulers, Generals Ziaur Rahman and Hussein Muhammed Ershad, did in the 1980s following the ouster of the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

What Tarique Rahman's 'return' from political exile could mean for Bangladesh

India Today

Tarique Rahman, son of Bangladesh leader Begum Khaleda Zia and acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, appears set to end his 16-year-long political exile in London and return to his homeland, currently going through a turbulent period that has witnessed a mass protest-induced regime change in August. Speculation about his return is rife after the December 1 ruling of …

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Bangladesh Army arrests workers of Sheikh Hasina's party ahead of Dhaka protest

India Today

The Bangladesh Army has arrested hundreds of workers and supporters of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party in a major crackdown ahead of their planned protest in Dhaka against the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. In a major show of strength, workers, supporters, and underground leaders are expected to gather in Dhaka’s Gulisthan, Zero Point, and Nur …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

22 years, dozens of lynchings, murders, rape and arson: How the Hindu community has been under attack in Bangladesh

Op India

On 5th August, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned from her post and fled the country amidst ongoing violent protests. Muslim mob turned violent and launched an arson attack on Hindu houses during 2017 Rangpur violence in Bangladesh In yet another incident of violence against the vulnerable Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh, at least 30 Hindu houses at Thakurpara …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Former PM Sheikh Hasina named in 3 more cases in Bangladesh

Hindustan Times

Dhaka: Former premier Sheikh Hasina has been named in three more cases filed in Bangladesh on Sunday for her alleged involvement in directing an attack on her arch-rival, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Khaleda Zia in 2015, firing on a rally in Dhaka in 2013, and the killing of a student in Joipurhaat district on August 4. Former Bangladesh premier Sheikh …

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5 months ago

What’s happening in Bangladesh? Student protest that led to PM Sheikh Hasina’s ouster explained

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took …

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5 months ago

Pakistani ISI’s hand in Hasina out campaign in Bangladesh? Active players who orchestrated and fueled the violent protests

Op India

As Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tendered her resignation on Monday and fled the country to save her life, Pakistani social media flooded with celebrations over the fall of a democratic and pro-New Delhi government in India’s neighbourhood. Here is who the ISI executed the Hasina out campaign and how major players orchestrated this regime change operation in India’s neighbourhood …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh government issues statement on student protests, says BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami may try to grab power unconstitutionally

Op India

On Sunday, Bangladesh’s top court reduced a contentious quota system for government job applicants after days of widespread chaos and disastrous conflicts between police and demonstrators that killed hundreds of people. The government earlier removed the quota in 2018 due to widespread student protests, but in June, Bangladesh’s High Court reinstated the quotas, sparking a new round of protests. Amidst …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bangladeshi court scales back jobs quota that triggered deadly unrest which killed scores

ABC

Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that have sparked student-led protests in which at least 114 people were killed. The Supreme Court in its verdict ordered 93 per cent of the government jobs to be allocated on a merit-based system, leaving the remaining 7 per cent for relatives of veterans who fought in …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh imposes strict curfew with a ‘shoot-on-sight’ order following deadly protests

LA Times

Students in Dhaka, Bangladesh, clash with riot police during a recent protest against a quota system for government jobs. Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces patrolled parts of the capital Saturday after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs. The demonstrations — called for …

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1 year ago

Bans and boycotts: The troubled history of Bangladesh’s elections

Al Jazeera

Since independence in 1971, only a handful of the country’s elections have been considered ‘free and fair’. This year, following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s refusal to accept the opposition Bangladesh National Party’s demands for a neutral caretaker government to conduct the polls, the BNP has chosen to boycott the elections. 2006 – 2008 political crisis Elections that should have taken …

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1 year ago

Opposition BNP calls for 48-hour general strike in Bangladesh demanding resignation of government

The Hindu

Bangladesh's main opposition party BNP on Thursday called for a 48-hour nationwide general strike starting Saturday to demand the resignation of the "illegal government" of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and to protest against the January 7 general election, which it is boycotting. The strike calls for the “resignation of the illegal government, establishment of a non-party neutral government and release …

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1 year ago

Sheikh Hasina once fought for democracy in Bangladesh. Her critics say she now threatens it

Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was Bangladesh’s opposition leader in 2007, when hundreds of troops raided her home and took her to a court in the capital of Dhaka, where she was arrested on extortion charges. FILE- A Bangladeshi armed policeman stands guard in front of a mural of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her father and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Bangladesh police break up anti-PM protest with tear gas, rubber bullets

The Hindu

The police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at huge crowds of Bangladesh Opposition supporters on Saturday to break up a giant protest against the Prime Minister, with one officer killed and scores of people injured in several hours of violent clashes in central Dhaka. One officer was killed and more than 100 injured, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Faruk …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Bangladesh Constitution has a position on caretaker government in the country, says India

The Hindu

India on August 11 reminded that the Constitution of Bangladesh “has a position” on the issue of having a caretaker government in the country. Mr. Bagchi’s comment is the first indirect Indian acknowledgement of matters that are at the heart of the current political tug of war between the ruling Awami League and the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party that is …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Bangladesh police clash with protesters blockading capital

The Hindu

Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse stone-throwing crowds blockading major roads in the capital Dhaka on July 29 in the latest protest demanding the prime minister's resignation. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies have staged a series of protests since last year demanding Sheikh Hasina step down and allow a caretaker government to oversee …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Bangladesh opposition protest in Dhaka, demand PM’s resignation

Al Jazeera

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party have demanded polls expected early next year are overseen by a neutral caretaker government. Dhaka, Bangladesh – Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down and make way for a neutral caretaker administration to oversee a general election expected early next year. Leaders and activists …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Can Bangladesh’s Election Commission Act to Boost Its Credibility?

The Diplomat

In February 2023, Bangladesh’s Election Commission marked its first year in office. Since Bangladesh is less than a year away from holding its next general election, it is pertinent to assess the challenges the EC faces in organizing a national election that is acceptable to all political parties as free and fair. In recent times, major liberal democracies and Bangladesh’s …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Bangladesh opposition stages protests as it challenges PM Hasina

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh Nationalist Party mobilises tens of thousands of its supporters in Dhaka to protest price rise and demand the PM’s resignation. We were told by the central command of our party to do so to reach Dhaka without getting arrested or harassed,” Islam, a grassroots-level activist of BNP, told Al Jazeera, “It apparently worked,” Islam said as he was standing …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Bangladesh’s BNP Takes Out Huge Protest Rally in Dhaka

News 18

Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party descended on Dhaka Saturday to protest against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections. Tension was high in the capital after security forces stormed the headquarters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday, leaving at least one person dead and scores injured. “Our main demand …

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2 years, 1 month ago

In Dhaka, Opposition's massive protest rally to present 10-point demand before national elections

India Today

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which has been out of power for 14 years, is holding a massive rally at Golapbagh ground today, and thousands of BNP workers and supporters have gathered in a show of strength ahead of the general elections. There will definitely be a rally in Dhaka on that day," BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said …

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India just ally in 1971 War, nothing more: Naya Bangladesh leaders on Modi post

Video: Bangladeshi politician's boycott India call, burns Jaipur-made bedsheet

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party march in protest at attacks in India

Bangladesh: Is Yunus facilitating the rise of an Islamist Republic?

What Tarique Rahman's 'return' from political exile could mean for Bangladesh

Bangladesh Army arrests workers of Sheikh Hasina's party ahead of Dhaka protest

22 years, dozens of lynchings, murders, rape and arson: How the Hindu community has been under attack in Bangladesh

Former PM Sheikh Hasina named in 3 more cases in Bangladesh

What’s happening in Bangladesh? Student protest that led to PM Sheikh Hasina’s ouster explained

Pakistani ISI’s hand in Hasina out campaign in Bangladesh? Active players who orchestrated and fueled the violent protests

Bangladesh government issues statement on student protests, says BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami may try to grab power unconstitutionally

Bangladeshi court scales back jobs quota that triggered deadly unrest which killed scores

Bangladesh imposes strict curfew with a ‘shoot-on-sight’ order following deadly protests

Bans and boycotts: The troubled history of Bangladesh’s elections

Opposition BNP calls for 48-hour general strike in Bangladesh demanding resignation of government

Sheikh Hasina once fought for democracy in Bangladesh. Her critics say she now threatens it

Bangladesh police break up anti-PM protest with tear gas, rubber bullets

Bangladesh Constitution has a position on caretaker government in the country, says India

Bangladesh police clash with protesters blockading capital

Bangladesh opposition protest in Dhaka, demand PM’s resignation

Can Bangladesh’s Election Commission Act to Boost Its Credibility?

Bangladesh opposition stages protests as it challenges PM Hasina

Bangladesh’s BNP Takes Out Huge Protest Rally in Dhaka

In Dhaka, Opposition's massive protest rally to present 10-point demand before national elections